Stamp-affixer.



A. HALL & E. D. G. BROUSE.

STAMP AFFIXER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22. I915.

1,281,353. Patented Oct. 15, 1918'.

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ALFRED HALL, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, AND ELDRIDGE D. G. BROUSE, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA; SAID BROUSE ASSIGNOR TO SAID HALL.

STAMP-AFFIXER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

Application filed January 22, 1915. Serial No. 3,749.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that we, Amnnn HALL, of Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, and ELDRIDGE D. G. BRoUsn, of Toronto, and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stamp-Aiiixers, of which the following is a specification. 7 Our invention has reference to improvementsin stamp or label afiixing machines.

The primary object of the invention is to provide means for preventing the strip of stamps or labels from adhering to their supporting means. Other objects of the invention will appear from the following descrip tion.

The invention consists in a stamp lifting and stripping device for accomplishing this object. The invention further consists in such other novel features of construction, operation and combination of parts, as shall hereinafter be described and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawing Figure 1 represents a longitudinal sectional view, partly in elevation, of a stamp afiixer embodying our invention.

Fig. 2 represents a sectional plan view taken on the plane 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 represents a fragmentary sectional view taken on the plane 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 represents a view corresponding to Fig. 3 but with the mechanism shown in a different position.

Figs. 5 and 6 are enlarged fragmentary sectional views taken on the plane 33 of Fig. 2, illustrating two operations of the lifting and stripping device.

Fig. 7 represents a fragmentary sectional 'view taken on the plane 77 of Fig. 4.

Fig.- 8 represents a view in perspective of a wick extending through a frame which may be used to apply it to the moistening I tank.

Like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout.

'' The type of aflixer represented in the 40 and apertures 41, 41.

plished by downward pressure on. the knob 15 and is returned by action of the spring 16 suitably arranged within the plunger 13 1n a well known manner. On the end of the lug 18 projecting from said plunger is the stud or roller 19 which engages with the cam slot 20 in the carriage actuating lever 21, pivoted at 22 on the casing and its lower end is provided with the slot 23. The latter engages the pin 24 of the carriage 25 in which is pivoted one end of the fingers 26 pressed downwardly by the leaf spring 27 Said fingers are normally disengaged from the supporting table 38, hereinafter described, by their under cam shaped edge engaging the pin 26 extending between the pair of plates 30. The carriage 25 is provided with the rollers 28 which engage horizontal slots 29 in the plates 30 connected by the tie-rod 31, and bar 32. Secured at its rear end to the latter is the guiding plate 33 made of resilient sheet metal, and is cut away to form the tongue 34, and pressure heads 35, 35. The latter are provided with the transverse slots 36, 36, and stamp contacting V shaped ribs 37 on their bottom surfaces. Adjacent and partially beneath said guiding plate is the strip supporting plate or table 38 made of resilient sheet metal and secured at its rear end to the stud 39 projecting from the'casing. Said table is preferably provided with three longitudinally extending inverted V shaped ribs The latter are adapted to receive therethrough the upwardly projecting strip lifting and stripping members 42, 42, having the beveled edges 43. The members 42, 42 are a part of the head 44 which projects in a plane at right angles to the plane of the lever 45 and is a part thereof. Said lever is pivoted at one end 46 to the casing,'and its otherend 47, being bent at right angles, normally bears on the presser foot and is sustained in this position during a portion of the movement of the presser foot by the lug .50 secured to the top of the presser foot and by the spring 51, coiled about the stud or screw 52 projecting from the casing and havingv one end thereof engaging said lever and the other bearing against the front of the casing- Said lever and spring are guided by the strap 55 secured to said casing.

Beneath the ta le 38. is the tank pro from the corresponding end of said support after the completion of the affixing operation.

5. In a stamp aflixer, the combination of a table for supporting a strip of stamps, mechanism for moistening, detaching and aflixing a stamp from the strip, a lifting member disposed beneath apertures in the forward end of said table, with means for raising said lifting member to extend the latter through said apertures after the completion of the afiixing operation.

6. In a stamp afllxer, a support for a strip of stamps, a moistening wick adjacent the forward end of said support, means for feeding the strip over said wick, means for pressing the strip into contact with said wick while it is being fed, means for lifting the strip out of contact with said wick and the forward end portion of said support after a stamp has been fed over said wick with correlative means for detaching the stamp from the strip and afiixing it.

7. In a stamp afliXer, a support for a strip of stamps, moistening means adjacent the forward end thereof, a guiding member for sustaining the strip in contact with said moistening means and said support, said guiding member consisting of a resilient plate secured at its rear end to a stationary member and, provided with a transverse aperture near its forward end, means for intermittently feeding the strip the length of a stamp, means for lifting the strip and said guiding member out of contact with the moistening means and said support after a feeding operation, with means for detaching a stamp from the strip and aflixing it.

8. In a stamp aflixer, a support for a strip of stamps, means for feeding the strip over said support, moistening means adjacent the forward end of said support, a guiding member for the strip provided with a pair of downwardly pressing heads to press the strip on said moistening means while it is being fed, transverse apertures in each head, ,with means for idetaclhing a; stamp after it has been fed over said moistening means and aflixing it.

9. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a support for a strip, moistening means, means for moving said support to efiect the raising and lowering of the strip relative to said moistening means, means for feeding the strip, means for detaching a portion of the strip, with means for lifting the forward end portion of the strip out of contact with said support at the completion of said feeding operation.

10. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a support for a strip, moistening means, means for moving said support to effect the raising and lowering of the strip relative to said moistening means, means for feeding the strip, means for detaching a portion of the strip, with means including a lifting member 42 for lifting the forward end portion of the strip out of contact with said support at the completion of said feeding operation.

11. A stamp afliXer comprising a support for a strip of stamps, means for feeding, moistening, detaching, and afixing a stamp from the strip, with means for engaging the strip to separate the latter and said moistening means, said means for engaging the strip being out of contact with the strip when the latter is in contact with said moistening means.

In testimony whereof we have aflixed our signatures, each in the presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED HALL.

Witnesses:

L. B. WEYMOUTH, CHAS O. DASEY.

ELDRIDGE D. G. BROUS E.

Witnesses:

W. T. BRoUsE, H. M. CHRIsTMAN.

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